2. Funds that a group of investors put together to invest for mutual benefit. A major example of a pooled fund is a mutual fund.

pool

1. A temporary affiliation of two or more people in an attempt to manipulate a security's price and/or volume. The pool is necessary in order to acquire the capital needed to manipulate a stock having a large market value. Pools were especially popular in the 1920s and early 1930s but now have been regulated out of existence. See also blind pool, trading pool.

Of course, choosing to self-insure (some states classify public risk pools as self-insurance, others do not) meant that public entities had to outsource much of the insurance administration process, notably claims and TPAs were there to fill the gap.

In fact, this high risk pool would have to look a lot like a single payer system because it would result in people paying identical sums for coverage and would require government intervention to control costs.

Based on the results of our survey and more than 35 years of experience CA has with high risk pools, we believe that high risk pools will help stabilize future health insurance markets while at the same time ensuring that all Americans, including those in poor health who are in the greatest need of coverage, are guaranteed the right to purchase insurance if they are willing and able to pay for it," said CA President Wayne Nelson.

LGC firmly believes that the law has given the elected and appointed local officials on the board of a risk pool the authority to determine how to best run a pool in the interest of its member local governments.

Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP), a provider of risk financing and loss prevention services to Texas municipalities and other units of local government, and Guidewire Software Inc.

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